, 1887-06-02
ANOTHER VICTIM.
This Time - wife shoots and kills her
Husband.

This Time - wife shoots and kills her
Husband.
Yesterday morning news was re-
ceivtd IN this city of a domestic
tr gpdy that had just occurred on u
{ rin nhuut a mite west of Deep
Creek Fails, n small hamlet some
sixteen miles west ~ his city, ah'l
the tirst hed,,r Of the tidingS was
the prinrlpal actor IN the aft 'ir.
The pa, lies implicated are Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Tricr, the former IL
now The Curp>e While the latter
welded the weapon that proluced
ain, ,u'i at present wriiing Is IN
rrstolN, having surrendered hprse II
10 the Iuthoti,i'- YrsIerd " morn
.ng wh.u Cul. w. W. ID Turner ar.
rived 1T his uiiire he fnund n TAIL, slim
y.uuug Woman, of rather preposstss
ing appearance awaiting his arrival
,l,r proved 10 be Mrs. Frank Teller,
aud the following IL The story of hcr
iuIlirs a. ,"id the lawyer, who hi.
IL tn rrtaIn d by hr in case the cor.
onrr's investigation does not exon
crate her: she Was married u
rrank Teller few years ago, bO,h
brlng from the western p,rt OF tn
,uuuiy. They setiled on the
homes cad where the tragedy occur
ryd. air. Teller seemed II be of 1t
happy. g,-.ucky uispo>iiion, accord
jng Ia lhis report, who preferred Ia
spend the tihi,' tbuut the nrighbOr
ing Towns dropping IN NJ h"ne ON
"ud cu-ion-. II appears hat be-
sides Mrs. Teller there Is Mrs
Trii,r's brnth"r, young man oi
some ninetern or twenty years OF
age, named Dugg IN, and n
nirrd in,n named Smith ON
the pr-uIis,'s. 1cilrr had nur-ed
jral .u>y against Smith for som, =
ii,ir, whether th'rr was grounds
tor his Is unknown, and he sent
smith tue very unpleasant infor-
nation that he (Tell.) WIS coming
after him In the near future. l.,
stems that Smith was not frightened
IF the premises, but heel-d hinIse.i
aud pre- p II, Il to make 1t interesting
,or the husband effected by the
"gre, eyed monster" Friday
night Of last week Teller walked into
the house unexpected and found
smith in bed with hiS Wife's
brother. Teller proved as good as
his word for he pulled his gun anu
commenced placing lead In close
proximity 10 Mr.. Sinitl'S carcass.
smith replied IN the same spirit
hmd for IL brief space Of time there
was u lively fusilade on the prem.
ises. Both men were execrsblr
marksmeD, and consequently no in
Jury resulted. Peace was restored
by Teller vamUOsing the ranch.
Afterwards Teller returned To
his home, sleeping there Mon.
day night, Smith having taken
ms departure. AS Is customary on
d farm the family were awake with
the birds yesterd ~ morning. The
first sign of domestic spat was an
,if,rt Vn the part Of Teller to seize u
purse that belonged To Mrs. II, and
which she had under her pillow.
Quite IA squthblp ensurd over the
,,~Sr>slOn of this property, and tue
woman was triumphant. Shortly
aiterWurl Mrs. Teller ordered her
brother To- 60 af'er the horses. 1t
seems Ghat Teller WAS bent upjn
mischief, and having loaded u
double btfrtled shot gun,
he threatened To spread young Dug
gHn's brains over ii forty acre lot II
ne attempted To move. Mrs Teller
came OF a family in which nerv"
seems ~ be II feature, for she walked
into the house, slipped her brothers
pistol INTO her pocket, aud then eX-
pressed her determination TO get the
hurSes. she got the animals and led
them to the house. Teller removed
The bliiles when Mrs. Teller made
an effort to replace them. Teller
raised the gun and threatened to
shoot her If she persisted. The wo.
man whipped the pistol out of her
pncke, and fired at her husband.
The man tell. she never stopped to
,ee the effects of the shot but spring
ing upon one OF the horses bare back
rode pOSie haste to Spokane Falls,
had an interview with Col. Tanin,
telling in substance the above story,
and al his advice surrendered her
self To sheriff Glispin. Mrs. Teller
is now und-r guard in the same
roam with Ray Raymond in the Ar
lingtun Hotel. She dOes not look brOk.
en- hearted over the horrible ala r
After her arrival here Mrs. Teller
received word that her husband
had only lived few moments after
receiving the wound. Late yester-
day afternoon Sheriff GlIspin and
Coroner Penfield departed for the
scene OF the shooting where they
take testimony and learn all that IS
possible OF the case, and until their
return there is no other particulars
to be given.